List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers
Number of participating countries in Eurovision Young Dancers over the years | |
Graph showing the number of participating countries in Eurovision Young Dancers from 1985 to 2017 |
Eurovision Young Dancers was a biennial dance competition for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The contest was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1985. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. Eleven countries took part in the inaugural contest.
Participants[]
The Eurovision Young Dancers, inspired by the success its counterpart Eurovision Young Musicians, was a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, then known as Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers, took place in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 16 June 1985 and eleven countries took part.[1] Spain won the first edition in 1985, represented by Arantxa Argüelles. Norway, represented by Arne Fagerholt, and Sweden, represented by Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg, came second and third respectively.[2] The 2019 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table.
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Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the final contest |
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Former – countries which previously participated but no longer exist |
Country[3] | Broadcaster(s)[4] | Debut year | Latest entry | Entries | Finals | Times qualified | Last final | Wins | Final win |
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Albania | RTSH | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Armenia | AMPTV | 2003 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
Austria | ORF | 1987 | 2001 | 5 | 3 | 2/4 | 1995 | 0 | N/A |
Belarus | BTRC | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Belgium[a] | VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French) |
1985 | 2005 | 11 | 8 | 6/9 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
Bulgaria | BNT | 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1991 | 0 | N/A | |
Canada | CBC | 1987 | 1989 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 1987 | 0 | N/A |
Croatia | HRT | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Cyprus | CyBC | 1989 | 2005 | 9 | 0 | 0/9 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
Czech Republic | ČT | 1999 | 2017 | 7 | 2 | 2/7 | 2005 | 1 | 2003 |
Denmark | DR | 1987 | 1993 | 4 | 3 | 2/3 | 1991 | 1 | 1987 |
Estonia | ERR | 1993 | 2003 | 4 | 2 | 2/4 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
Finland | Yle | 1985 | 2005 | 11 | 9 | 7/9 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
France | France Télévisions | 1985 | 1999 | 7 | 7 | 5/5 | 1999 | 1 | 1989 |
Germany | ZDF (1985–2001) WDR (ARD) (2011–17) |
1985 | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 6/11 | 2013 | 1 | 1999 |
Greece | ERT | 1993 | 2011 | 8 | 4 | 4/8 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
Hungary | MTV | 1995 | 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0/3 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
Ireland | RTÉ | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Italy | RAI | 1985 | 1991 | 4 | 2 | 0/2 | 1987 | 0 | N/A |
Kosovo | RTK | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Latvia | LTV | 1997 | 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5/5 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
Malta | PBS | 2015 | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
Netherlands[a] | NPO | 1985 | 2015 | 11 | 9 | 7/9 | 2013 | 2 | 2013 |
Norway | NRK | 1985 | 2017 | 13 | 3 | 1/11 | 2011 | 1 | 2011 |
Poland | TVP | 1993 | 2017 | 11 | 8 | 8/11 | 2017 | 3 | 2017 |
Portugal | RTP | 1989 | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0/4 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
Romania | TVR | 2003 | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 2/2 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
Russia | VGTRK | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1995 | 0 | N/A | |
Slovakia | STV | 1997 | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1997 | 0 | N/A |
Slovenia | RTV SLO | 1993 | 2017 | 11 | 3 | 3/11 | 2017 | 0 | N/A |
Spain | TVE | 1985 | 1999 | 8 | 8 | 6/6 | 1999 | 5 | 1997 |
Sweden | SVT | 1985 | 2017 | 15 | 11 | 9/13 | 2005 | 1 | 2003 |
Switzerland | SRG SSR | 1985 | 2003 | 9 | 8 | 6/7 | 2003 | 0 | N/A |
Ukraine | NTU | 2001 | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | 2003 | 1 | 2003 |
United Kingdom | BBC | 1985 | 2005 | 7 | 5 | 3/5 | 2005 | 1 | 1989 |
Yugoslavia | JRT | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | 1 | 0/2 | 1987 | 0 | N/A |
Other EBU members[]
The following list of countries were eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but never made their début at the contest.[3]
- Algeria – ENTV, ENRS, TDA
- Andorra – RTVA
- Australia – ABC, SBS
- Azerbaijan – İTV
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – BHRT
- Czechoslovakia – ČST (1991–1992,[b] dissolved)
- Egypt – ERTU
- Georgia – GPB
- Iceland – RÚV
- Israel – IBA
- Jordan – JRTV
- Lebanon – TL
- Libya – LJBC (1985–2011), LNC (2011–2017)
- Lithuania – LRT
- Luxembourg – CLT, ERSL
- Macedonia – MRT
- Moldova – TRM
- Monaco – TMC
- Montenegro – RTCG
- Morocco – SNRT
- San Marino – SMRTV
- Serbia – RTS
- Tunisia – ERTT
- Turkey – TRT
- Vatican City – RV
Participating countries in the decades[]
The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Dancers was held in 1985.
# |
Debutant | The country made its debut during the decade. |
1 |
Winner | The country won the contest. |
2 |
Second place | The country was ranked second. |
3 |
Third place | The country was ranked third. |
X |
Remaining places | The country placed from fourth to second last in the final. |
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Non-qualified for the final | The country did not qualify for the final (1989–2017). |
C |
Cancelled | The contest was cancelled after the deadline for submitting songs had passed (2019). |
No entry | The country did not enter the contest. |
1980s[]
1985–1989 | ||||
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Country | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | |
Austria # | Х | † | ||
Belgium # | Х | Х | Х | |
Canada # | Х | † | ||
Cyprus # | † | |||
Denmark # | 1 | X | ||
Finland # | Х | Х | Х | |
France # | Х | Х | 1 | |
Germany # | Х | 3 | Х | |
Italy # | Х | Х | † | |
Netherlands # | Х | Х | Х | |
Norway # | 2 | Х | † | |
Portugal # | † | |||
Spain # | 1 | Х | Х | |
Sweden # | 3 | X | Х | |
Switzerland # | Х | 2 | Х | |
United Kingdom # | Х | Х | 1 | |
Yugoslavia # | Х | † |
1990s[]
1991–1999 | ||||||
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Country | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | |
Austria | 3 | X | ||||
Belgium | † | † | 3 | 2 | Х | |
Bulgaria # | Х | |||||
Cyprus | † | † | † | † | † | |
Czech Republic # | † | |||||
Denmark | 3 | † | ||||
Estonia # | † | † | ||||
Finland | † | X | † | X | X | |
France | 2 | 3 | Х | X | ||
Germany | Х | Х | † | † | 1 | |
Greece | † | X | † | X | ||
Hungary # | † | † | † | |||
Italy | † | |||||
Latvia # | X | X | ||||
Netherlands | Х | X | ||||
Norway | † | † | † | |||
Poland | X | X | X | X | ||
Portugal | † | |||||
Russia # | X | |||||
Slovakia # | X | |||||
Slovenia | † | † | † | † | ||
Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Sweden | X | X | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
Switzerland | Х | 2 | Х | † | ||
United Kingdom | † | |||||
Yugoslavia | † |
2000s[]
2001–2005 | |||
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Country | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 |
Armenia # | † | ||
Austria | † | ||
Belgium | 2 | † | 3 |
Cyprus | † | † | † |
Czech Republic | † | 1 | X |
Estonia | X | X | |
Finland | X | X | X |
Germany | Х | ||
Greece | † | X | X |
Ireland # | † | ||
Latvia | X | X | X |
Netherlands | 3 | Х | 1 |
Norway | † | † | † |
Poland | 1 | † | 2 |
Romania # | X | X | |
Slovenia | † | † | † |
Sweden | X | 1 | Х |
Switzerland | Х | Х | |
Ukraine | † | 1 | |
United Kingdom | X | † | X |
2010s[]
2011–2019 | ||||||
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Country | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | ||
Albania # | † | |||||
Armenia | † | |||||
Belarus # | † | |||||
Croatia # | † | |||||
Czech Republic | † | † | † | |||
Germany | † | 2 | † | † | ||
Greece | † | |||||
Kosovo # | † | |||||
Malta # | † | † | C | |||
Netherlands | X | 1 | † | |||
Norway | 1 | † | † | † | ||
Poland | † | † | 1 | 1 | C | |
Portugal | † | † | ||||
Slovakia | † | |||||
Slovenia | 2 | † | 2 | 2 | ||
Sweden | † | † | † | † | ||
Ukraine | † |
Broadcast in non-participating countries[]
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Year(s) |
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Iceland | Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) | 2003[5] |
Jordan | Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) | 1989[6] |
Puerto Rico | Unknown | 2003[7] |
List of winners[]
By contest[]
Year | Date | Host City | Countries | Winner(s) | Performer(s) | Dance |
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1985 | 16 June | Reggio Emilia | 11 | Spain | Unknown | |
1987 | 31 May | Schwetzingen | 14 | Denmark | and Nikolaj Hübbe | Divertissement from "La Sylphide" |
1989 | 28 June | Paris | 17 | France[c] | Agnès Letestu (Contemporary dance) | Unknown |
United Kingdom[c] | Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet) | |||||
1991 | 5 June | Helsinki | 15 | Spain | Variations from "La Grisi" | |
1993 | 15 June | Stockholm | 15 | Spain | Zenaida Yanowsky | "Esmeralda" |
1995 | 6 June | Lausanne | 15 | Spain | and | "Arrayan Daraxa" |
1997 | 17 June | Gdynia | 13 | Spain | "Angelitos Locos" | |
1999 | 10 July | Lyon | 16 | Germany | and | "Cinderella" |
2001 | 23 June | London | 18 | Poland | and Marcin Kupinski | "Brothers" |
2003 | 4 July | Amsterdam | 17 | Ukraine[d] | (Ballet) | "Le Corsaire" |
Sweden[d] | and (Modern dance) | "Light Beings" | ||||
Czech Republic[d] | and (Youth Jury Choice) | "The Twilight Of Innocence" | ||||
2005 | 24 June | Warsaw | 13 | Netherlands | "Snakesense" | |
2011 | 24 June | Oslo | 10 | Norway | "Full Force" | |
2013 | 14 June | Gdańsk | 10 | Netherlands | "The 5th Element" | |
2015 | 19 June | Plzeň | 10 | Poland | "Piece in Old Style" | |
2017 | 16 December | Prague | 8 | Poland | "La Certa" | |
2019 | Cancelled[e] | 2[e] | Cancelled |
By country[]
The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.
Country | Total | Years won | |||
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Spain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | N/A |
Belgium | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See also[]
- List of countries in Eurovision Choir
- List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
- List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest
- List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians
- List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
Notes[]
- ^ a b In 1987, Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.
- ^ Succeeded by Česká televize (ČT) of the Czech Republic and Slovenská televízia (STV) of Slovakia.
- ^ a b The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 event had two sets of first prize, one for contemporary dance (awarded to France) and one for classical dance (awarded to United Kingdom).[8]
- ^ a b c The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 event had three sets of first prize, one for modern dance (awarded to Sweden), one for ballet (awarded to Ukraine), and the 'Youth Jury Choice' (awarded to Czech Republic).[9]
- ^ a b At the time of cancellation, Malta and Poland were the only eligible countries to have confirmed their intention to participate in the contest.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "1st Eurovision Young Dancers 1985". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ a b "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers". www.ebu.ch. 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ (PDF). young-dancers.com. 31 March 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040331044323/http://www.young-dancers.com:80/participate/2003_Countries_Broadcastrs.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-31. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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- ^ Granger, Anthony (20 December 2018). "Eurovision Young Dancers 2019 Cancelled Due to Lack of Host Broadcaster". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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